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In reply to the discussion: A Proposal: Remove All Privileges of Religious Organizations that Exceed [View all]Girard442
(6,549 posts)6. Tax exemptions for churches was always a lousy idea.
It's pretty much a direct violation of the First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...
How is forgiving an entity a substantial tax liability that applies to most everyone else not an "establishment"?
On edit:
It also fails the so-called Lemon Test, which appeared in a SCOTUS opinion in the case of Lemon v Kurtzman:
First, the statute must have a secular legislative purpose; second, its principal or primary effect must be one that neither advances nor inhibits religion; finally, the statute must not foster an excessive government entanglement with religion.
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A Proposal: Remove All Privileges of Religious Organizations that Exceed [View all]
MineralMan
Aug 2018
OP
Special treatment of religious organizations also violates the 1st Amendment.
MineralMan
Aug 2018
#3
So you think our objection to confessionals being exempt from mandatory reporting laws is...
Act_of_Reparation
Sep 2018
#11
The one where there's a public interest to placing conditions on confessional cofidentiality.
Act_of_Reparation
Sep 2018
#15